Where Does TeXworks Store Settings and Resources?
TeXworks keeps configs, completions and templates in a TUG resource tree per OS, with prefs beside them and env overrides.
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TeXworks centralizes resources per OS under TUG trees. Configs, completions, templates and scripts branch beneath with prefs files beside. Environment variables override each root.
Legacy dot folders retired in favor of current names. Help menus jump straight to live resources. Copy trees plus prefs for migration with portable inis as the exception.
Where TeXworks stores this, by platform
%APPDATA%\TUG\TeXworks
Resource tree with configuration, completion, templates and scripts beneath plus prefs beside. Environment overrides relocate every root. Legacy dot folders retired.
~/Library/Application Support/TUG/TeXworks
Mac twin under Application Support with identical interior shape. Prefs follow platform conventions beside the tree. Same override variables apply.
~/.local/share/TUG/TeXworks
XDG resource tree with prefs file beside it under config. Scripts and templates mirror other platforms. Portable setups read local inis instead.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up TeXworks settings?
Copy the TUG TeXworks resource tree with configuration, completion and templates children plus the prefs file beside it. Help menus link directly to live resources. Environment variables override every root per need.
Prefs versus resource folder?
They pair per role with settings in prefs and resources in the tree. Completion files branch by flavor with templates and scripts beside. Portable modes read setup inis from the app folder.
Old TeXworks paths still valid?
It renamed across versions with legacy dot folders retired. Current trees use TUG names on every OS with old paths left behind. Quote current roots for new installs.
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